FTL: Faster Than Light
Released Sep 2012
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
95% positive · 78K reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
FTL: Faster Than Light launched on September 14, 2012 as a complete, finished product. Its one major post-launch content release was FTL: Advanced Edition, a free expansion that shipped on April 3, 2014, adding a new alien race, ships, weapons, drones, events, music, and more. The store description explicitly notes that Advanced Edition is included free for all owners and future purchasers — framing it as a definitive, bundled addition rather than the start of an ongoing content cycle.
Since Advanced Edition shipped, Subset Games' updates to FTL have been purely maintenance and localization in nature: official translations added in September 2018, a Japanese translation in December 2019, and Steam achievement integration in January 2020. None of these represent new gameplay content. Subset Games' February 2018 announcement confirmed the studio had shifted its focus entirely to its second game, Into the Breach, making clear that FTL's content development concluded with Advanced Edition.
The only DLC listed on the store is the soundtrack, which released alongside the base game in 2012. There are no unreleased DLC entries, no announced future content, and no roadmap of any kind. The game launched as a complete product and received one major free expansion, after which development wrapped up. FTL is a finished game.
Evidence
Subset Games announced their next game, Into the Breach, is now available — confirming the studio moved on from FTL development.
FTL: Advanced Edition launched as a free expansion, adding a new alien race, ships, weapons, drones, events, and music. Described as a complete addition to the game.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Subset Games
Achievements
51
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
FTL is now available in 9 languages! English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Simplified Mandarin!
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The free expansion, FTL: Advanced Edition, is available now! Content additions include: new alien race, events, weapons, playable ships, drones, and more! Also adds additional musical tracks by Ben Prunty, and events by Tom Jubert and guest writer Chris Avellone.
If you already own FTL it should update the new content automatically. Advanced Edition is included free for anyone who purchases the game from this point forward.
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In FTL you experience the atmosphere of running a spaceship trying to save the galaxy. It's a dangerous mission, with every encounter presenting a unique challenge with multiple solutions. What will you do if a heavy missile barrage shuts down your shields? Reroute all power to the engines in an attempt to escape, power up additional weapons to blow your enemy out of the sky, or take the fight to them with a boarding party? This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
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The free expansion, FTL: Advanced Edition, is available now! Content additions include: new alien race, events, weapons, playable ships, drones, and more! Also adds additional musical tracks by Ben Prunty, and events by Tom Jubert and guest writer Chris Avellone.
If you already own FTL it should update the new content automatically. Advanced Edition is included free for anyone who purchases the game from this point forward.
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In FTL you experience the atmosphere of running a spaceship trying to save the galaxy. It's a dangerous mission, with every encounter presenting a unique challenge with multiple solutions. What will you do if a heavy missile barrage shuts down your shields? Reroute all power to the engines in an attempt to escape, power up additional weapons to blow your enemy out of the sky, or take the fight to them with a boarding party? This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Key Features:
- Complex Strategic Gameplay - Give orders to your crew, manage ship power distribution and choose weapon targets in the heat of battle.
- Play at Your Own Speed - Pause the game mid-combat to evaluate your strategy and give orders.
- Unique Lifeforms and Technology – Upgrade your ship and unlock new ones with the help of six diverse alien races.
- Be the Captain You Want - Hundreds of text based encounters will force you to make tough decisions.
- Randomized Galaxy - Each play-through will feature different enemies, events, and results to your decisions. No two play-throughs will be quite the same.
- No Second Chances! - Permadeath means when you die, there's no coming back. The constant threat of defeat adds importance and tension to every action.
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Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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